Water as an efficient medium for the synthesis of tetrahydro-β-carbolines via Pictet-Spengler reactions |
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Authors: | Biswajit Saha |
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Affiliation: | Medicinal and Process Chemistry Division, Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow 226 001, India |
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Abstract: | A mild and efficient protocol for the Pictet-Spengler reaction in water using an acid catalyst has been described. The condensation of tryptophan, tryptamine, and Nb-benzyl tryptophan with different aldehydes having both electron-withdrawing and -donating substituents in the presence of a catalytic amount of TFA in water furnished tetrahydro-β-carbolines in good isolated yields. A salient feature of the water mediated Pictet-Spengler reaction was the general trend observed during the condensation of Trp-OMe and aryl/aliphatic aldehydes furnishing diastereomeric mixtures with a preference for the cis-isomer. |
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Keywords: | Pictet-Spengler cyclization β-Carboline Stereoselective reaction Mannich bases |
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